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Thirteen keepers, scattered around Seattle
Our resident curmudgeon celebrates a baker's dozen of icons Seattle couldn't live without.
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The Needle, the flag, and the moon
A moving, pre-dawn ceremony on top of the Space Needle pays tribute to the sacrifices of 9/11.
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Welcome, wolves! All hail the bear!
For decades, scientists and wilderness lovers wondered if grizzlies and gray wolves would return to the Cascades. Now they've reappeared, almost simultaneously. Advice to hikers: Don't fear, but leave Fido at home.
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Remembering 9-11, and its two kinds of fear
One reaction was life-giving and community-making. The other, which replaced that first fear, was suspicious and divisive.
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A dark day for gleaming visions
Minoru Yamasaki's science pavilion at the Century 21 world's fair got him the commission to design the World Trade Center. Its ruins are resonant still, in part because of the ideals he brought from Seattle.